I think it'll be a declaration once a draw is secured rather than the dangling the carrot type.

A draw keeps them in first even if Notts win.

BosworthBear wrote:

The commentators (Collins yuk) now assuming Surrey have won!!!

And after all that waffle from him, Warwickshire have a first innings lead!

To further the above I tried to pause the live stream at the point the ball got to Foakes and it definitely looks like it hit the floor.

Is is just me or did that look like it hit the floor before Foakes' glove?

Highveld wrote:

The Hain dismissal looked very high, it hit him at the top of his thigh, ans Sam is not a short person.

It did hit him high but pitched quite short and didn't get up as much as it should've, so I do think that one was out

Andy wrote:

Oh come on umpire that has to be missing leg

It was missing leg. From the umpire who was very reluctant to give them when Surrey were batting

Feels like we're going down a well trodden path here, against Surrey in the past and other teams this season. Expose the tail with the opposition on a low score, only to let them off the hook and lose a potentially match winning position.

GerryShedd wrote:

A bit of a rant by George Dobell in The Cricketer, arguing that Jacob should be back with Warwickshire scoring runs in county matches which at the moment would benefit his career much more than playing one-day cricket for England.

He's referred to England as seeing themselves as the '19th county', i.e. their players are their players, which he uses in a derogatory way and I think that's fair.

I like that from Kai at the end, he went up to Booth and presumably told him he was gonna run no matter what if he hit it. That meant even if Booth was run out, Kai was on strike for the last balls. Clear thinking from a young cricketer.

I think you're giving them too much credit Exiled, I didn't see any management in that run chase!

The 'experienced' players played poor shots and in the inexperienced players seemed inexperienced/pressured.

9 overs, 0-86 for Middlesex today

What was Simmons' injury? Because he's on the pitch fielding

Positives: Jani, Booth aaand that's it

white-lightning wrote:

Once again Mousley scored well, but he seems to have a mental block in trying to reach his first century. Perhaps a bit of sports psychology might help?

Definitely. Mental block, brain fade, whatever you wanna call it, something is happening.

It was really noticeable against Worcester the two balls before he got out he was berating himself and then still played a silly shot the next ball!

You get the feeling it he gets one they could start coming a lot more regularly, the talent is obvious for all to see.

paulbear wrote:

3 hundreds and an 86, so surely that means it's good for batting but scoreboard pressure, etc. We aren't going to win this one so no need for Davies to try and score off every ball, just try and bat and bat and bat......

Definitely opportunities for those who've struggled for runs to get hundreds if they bat sensibly. I'm looking at Davies (out of form) and Mousley (no Warwickshire century) in particular

Is playing for the PCC Select XI today against Pakistan Shaheens. Same game that Hamza Shaikh is playing in

Initial thoughts when seeing the team were I was disappointed that Taz Ali has been dropped, as it's historically been a ground that takes spin.

But having seen the wicket it looks very green!

It's highly unlikely given our general form in the CC this season but we could still win the title!

18 points behind first and still have to play the top two (Surrey and Notts).

We've played some poor cricket at times this year but we've also played some gritty, determined cricket - a la today

Exiled Bear wrote:

Embarrassing celebration from Taylor.

Think someone shouted something from the crowd before he bowled but couldn't hear what was said?